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vain, it is non-existent, and never was there, except 

 it was " salted " as was the case in later years (with- 

 in my memory) when designing rogues, in order to 

 enhance the value of a certain piece of land through 

 which the stream ran, " salted " it with a small 

 quantity of gold dust and nuggets. 



Pass down the eastern side of the Queen's Park 

 and describe the numerous buagalows and pleasant 

 villas of wealthy merchants ; the handsome facade of 

 the Colonial Hospital ; the neat Victoria Institute ; 

 that hideous and barn-like Prince's Building, in which 

 so many of your predecessors, and some of your 

 fathers of the present generation, received their edu- 

 cation, under less favourable conditions than you are 

 now receiving yours — erected to entertain royalty in 

 the person of the Duke of Edinburgh, the second son 

 of the late Queen Victoria. We come next to the 

 stately dwelling of Trinidad's 66 merchant prince ; " 

 the commodious and airy Queen's Park Hotel ; All 

 Saints solid little church ; the fine residences on the 

 St. Clair Avenue and Serpentine Road ; the Queen's 

 Royal College ; " Hayes Court," the residence of the 

 Bishop of Trinidad, so named to perpetuate the name 

 and memory of the late Bishop Hayes, who, during 

 his lifetime, worked so hard, yet withal, so liberally 

 in the interest of his church, tolerant to all other de- 

 nominations with that spirit of toleration which is 

 the dominant characteristic of true Christianity, and 

 who, like myself, frequently penetrated to the re- 

 mote parts of Trinidad, when they were not so acces- 

 sible as at present ; we often met and travelled to- 



